EX-12 2 a2017-09x3010xqexhibit12.htm STATEMENT RE: COMPUTATION OF RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES
Exhibit 12
UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
AND SUBSIDIARIES
STATEMENT RE: COMPUTATION OF RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES

|  | Nine Months Ended September 30,
(Dollars in millions) |  | 2017 |  | 2016
Fixed Charges: |  |  |  |
Interest expense 1 |  | $ | 745 |  |  | $ | 741 |
Interest capitalized |  | 25 |  |  | 26 |
One-third of rents 2 |  | 104 |  |  | 96 |
Total fixed charges |  | $ | 874 |  |  | $ | 863 |
Earnings: |  |  |  |
Income from continuing operations before income taxes |  | $ | 6,058 |  |  | $ | 5,860 |
Fixed charges per above |  | 874 |  |  | 863 |
Less: capitalized interest |  | (25 | ) |  | (26 | )
|  | 849 |  |  | 837 |
Amortization of interest capitalized |  | 8 |  |  | 7 |
Total earnings |  | $ | 6,915 |  |  | $ | 6,704 |
Ratio of earnings to fixed charges |  | 7.91 |  |  | 7.77 |

1 | Pursuant to the guidance in the Income Taxes Topic of the Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification, interest related to unrecognized tax benefits recorded was approximately $21 million and $31 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively. The ratio of earnings to fixed charges would have been 8.11 and 8.06 for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively, if such interest were excluded from the calculation.

2 | Reasonable approximation of the interest factor.